BACKGROUND Geriatric Assessment is an appropriate method for identifying older cancer patients at risk of life-threatening events during therapy. Yet, it is underused in practice, mainly because it is time- and resource-consuming. This study aims to identify the best screening tool to identify older cancer patients requiring geriatric assessment by comparing the performance of two short assessm...

With the aging of the U.S. population, physicians are treating more persons aged 65 years and older in their practices. Many of these persons have limitations in their overall health and functioning as a result of physical, mental, or socioeconomic problems. Comprehensive geriatric assessment is a method of screening for and diagnosing physical and psychosocial impairment and functional disabil...

BACKGROUND The present study takes place within a geriatric program, aiming at improving the diagnosis and management of geriatric syndromes in primary care. Within this program it was of prime importance to be able to rely on a robust and reproducible geriatric consultation to use as a gold standard for evaluating a primary care brief assessment tool. The specific objective of the present stud...

BACKGROUND Management of geriatric patients would be simplified if a universally accepted definition of frailty for clinical use was defined. Among definitions of frailty, Fried frailty phenotype criteria constitute a common reference frame for many geriatric studies. However, this reference frame has been tested primarily in elderly patients presenting with relatively good health status. OBJ...